Local athletes sign intent letters for college; Riverkings and league updates

Four athletes sign intent letters

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WFHR / WIRI) – Four local high school seniors inked their plans for the next several years on Wednesday afternoon.

Sydney Holberg and Gage Honeyager at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln, and Jordyn Jaglinski and Bella Thomas of Assumption made their choices known before their peers, coaches, and families.

Holberg chose NJCAA Vernon College to continue playing Softball. Honeyager joined Division II NJCAA Madison College to continue playing Baseball.

For the Royals, Jaglinski decided upon NCAA Division II Augustana to continue her Basketball career. Thomas will continue her Track and Field at Division I Montana State.

Photo caption: (left to right) Assumption’s Bella Thomas, Jordyn Jagslinski, Sydney Holberg, and Gage Honeyager. All signed letters declaring their intent to compete in athletics in college. (Michael Kommer / Civic Media)

Riverkings sweep the weekend

The Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings kept the winning ways rolling with a weekend sweep of the Minnesota Mullets. They played two games over Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8, with scores of 8-0 and 13-1, respectively.

The Rapids leads the USPHL North Division by three points over the Minnesota Squatch and five points over the Minnesota Blue Ox.

The Riverkings will play on the road over Friday, Nov. 14, Saturday, Nov. 15, and Sunday, Nov. 16 against the Blue Ox, with games at 7 p.m. both nights.

Murphy is named Manager of the Year

For the second year in a row, the Milwaukee Brewers manager, Pat Murphy, was named the National League Coach of the Year.

It marks just the second time that a manager has been named C.O.Y. in back-to-back seasons in the NL since Bobby Cox in 2004, 2005.

Stephen Vogt of Cleveland was the American League C.O.Y honor for back-to-back seasons as well, being the first since Kevin Cash in Tampa Bay succeeded in 2020 and 2021.

Packers are on a two-game skid

The Green Bay Packers are in the midst of a two-game losing streak and have a chance to end the slump when they play at the New York Giants on Saturday, November 16 at noon.

The Giants have won the past two meetings in the series by a combined seven points with one of the games being played in London, England.

Green Bay holds a 34-28-2 record in the series that goes back to 1928.

Links

You can find more local sports reporting on Michael Kommer’s website. You’ll also be able to tune in to broadcasting of high school sports on WFHR and WIRI. The call-in sports talk show Playmakers airs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You’ll hear it from 4-5 p.m. on WIRI 105.5 FM.